Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary is a dictionary for Australian English . The dictionary is the authoritative source for Australian English. It also pays great attention to New Zealand English . Originally it was a publishing project by Jacaranda Press , an educational publisher from Brisbane , for which an editorial committee was formed, which mainly consisted of the linguistic department of Macquarie University in Sydney . It is now being used by Macquarie Dictionary Publishers on a publishing project by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd. released. In October 2007, the publisher moved from Macquarie University to Sydney University and later to the Pan Macmillan offices in Sydney's CBD.
history
The first seven editions of the Macquarie Dictionary were edited by the lexicographer Susan Butler , who joined the project as a research fellow in 1970 and was its editor-in-chief when the first edition was published in 1981. Butler announced her resignation as editor of the Macquarie Dictionary in March 2018 after serving the publisher for 48 years.
First edition
The original version of the Macquarie Dictionary was based on Hamlyn's 1971 Encyclopedic World Dictionary , which in turn was based on Random House's 1947 American College Dictionary , which was based on the 1927 New Century Dictionary , which was based on The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language , which in turn based on the second edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language from 1841.
Since its first publication in 1981, the use of the dictionary has grown so much that over time it has become a competitor to established dictionaries from the English-speaking world as the standard work for the English language in Australia.
Second edition
The second edition was published in 1991. In this, encyclopedic content has been added to many entries.
Third edition
The third edition, published in 1997, used an in-house vocabulary of Australian literature , Ozcorp , to add a large number of examples of Australian word usage. This edition also gave an expanded overview of English in Asia.
Fourth edition
A large number of citations were added to the fourth edition, published in 2005, and particular attention was paid to Australian regionalism in this.
Fifth edition
The fifth edition was published in October 2009. In particular, words relating to the environment and climate change were added to it.
Sixth edition
The sixth edition was published in October 2013 and contains an update of new words and phrases from other English language variants that have influenced Australian English, such as British English , American English and English language variants from Southeast Asia, India and China.
Seventh edition
The seventh edition of the Macquarie Dictionary was published on February 28, 2017.
With a foreword by Kate Grenville, this latest edition includes thousands of new words and explanations of Australian regionalisms and a collection of words drawn from the Australian experience of World War I.
Preferred spellings
The dictionary records standard Australian-English spelling, which is closer to British than American spelling. For example, the spellings color , center , defense and practice / practice (noun / verb) are given. In the dictionary, spellings with the ending -ise are given first and those words that end in -ize are given as acceptable spellings. In contrast, in the Oxford English Dictionary and some other British-English dictionaries, the ending -ize is preferred despite the opposite tendency in the British public (see also Oxford spelling ). Labor is also sometimes spelled Labor , especially in relation to the Labor Party .
A special deviation from the British spelling is that of the word program , which is written in British English programs .
Collaborations
Word of the year
Every year the editors select a shortlist of new words to add to the dictionary and invite the public to vote on their favorites. The public vote will take place in January. A word is also selected by a committee.
Versions
A number of reduced versions are available, including a pocket edition and accompanying volumes such as a thesaurus . The latest edition of the main complete version of the Macquarie Dictionary is the seventh, published in 2017. The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary , published in 2004, is an up-to-date record of Australian slang. A range of dictionaries, from a complete dictionary to a reduced one, is available as an iOS application.
Macquarie Dictionary Online
The Macquarie Dictionary Online was initially the digital version of the printed fourth edition. As of 2013, it is the most detailed version of the dictionary with the greatest variety of encyclopedic and non-encyclopedic entries. It offers pronunciation aids. It is available by subscription.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kel Richards: The Story of Australian English . NewSouth, March 1, 2015, ISBN 9781742241906 .
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary, uni split amicably . Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Take a bow, Sue Butler . Macquarie Dictionary. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ↑ Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson: The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics . Routledge, March 30, 2010, ISBN 9781136998720 .
- ↑ Braj Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil Nelson: The Handbook of World Englishes . John Wiley & Sons, February 17, 2009, ISBN 9781405188319 .
- ↑ News | The University of Sydney . Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Macquarie update: new words for a new age . Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition . Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ↑ Agnes Nieuwenhuizen: A timely word from the wise, Susan Butler . In: The Australian , August 9, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition . Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary Search Word program . Macmillan Publishers Group Australia. 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.